Is Puerto Lempira safe? Honduras travel risk
Is Puerto Lempira safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Puerto Lempira scores 68/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Honduras Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 25 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Puerto Lempira scores 68/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Honduras (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Puerto Lempira: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (75/100) and crime and scams (85/100). Governments disagree: US Level 3, UK Level 1, Canada Level 2.
A score of 68 is higher than the scores of 90% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Honduras travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Charted at coordinates 15.2664° N, 83.7725° W in Gracias a Dios, Puerto Lempira maintains a regional distance of 391.0 km WSW to Tegucigalpa.
Gracias a Dios
15.2664° N, 83.7725° W
2 m
America/Tegucigalpa
47,528
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Honduras
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Puerto Lempira happened in April (4 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Honduras travel advice & laws.
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